After rattling off two overtime wins to kick off February—including a 4–3 win over then-No. 13 Holy Cross—Boston College women’s hockey looked like it could have been due for a breakthrough.
But the Eagles (13–17–1, 11–9–1) have now dropped two straight games, including a 6–2 loss at UConn and a 2–1 overtime loss to Providence (10–19–2, 7–12–2) on Friday night in Conte Forum.
BC’s loss gives the Eagles a 2–1 record against the Friars this season. The Eagles won the first two meetings by a combined 10 goals.
The Eagles struck first and fast in Friday’s defeat, capitalizing on their first power-play opportunity of the game after a holding call on Dylan Berman. Freshman Maxim Tremblay scored her 10th goal of the season and first since Jan. 23 off a Lauren Glaser assist just 2:55 into play to put the Eagles up 1–0.
It was the first of three power-play goals that would be scored in the matchup. Unfortunately for BC, the other two belonged to Providence and were enough to push the Friars to a conference win.
The Friars’ first goal came 3:15 later, after a tripping call on Cailin Flynn put a short-handed BC unit on the ice.
Josie Lang fired a shot from the Hockey East logo that was blocked by Kate Ham, but Sami Snyder came crashing through and shot home the rebound to tie the game 1–1.
The game remained even until the end of regulation, as both teams racked up 23 shots in the second and third periods combined. In the final minute alone, Grace Campbell saved two pucks and Olivia Maffeo blocked a shot to send the game into overtime.
Tremblay won the first faceoff of the extra period, but Hope Walinski saved Madelyn Murphy’s ensuing shot. Walinski ended with 35 saves—the sixth time this season she has registered 35 or more in a game.
The trouble really started for BC when Murphy got called for interference 3:22 into overtime. Twenty-one seconds later, the game was over.
Reichen Kirchmair received a pass from Audrey Knapp and tried to finish on a one-timer. Campbell saved that shot, but Kirchmair gathered her miss and shot it home, handing the Friars the 2–1 overtime win.
